Habitat use and phenology of the large insular endemic grasshopper Acrostira euphorbiae (Orthoptera: Pamphagidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-127

  Lopez H ^a   Nogales, M ^b   Morales, E ^a   Oromi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Developmental timing; Euphorbia; Habitat selection; Insect ecology; Movements

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOLT; PHENOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL MATURITY; SHRUB;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EUPHORBIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EUPHORBIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LA PALMA; MACARONESIA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA LAMARCKII; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; PAMPHAGIDAE;

EID: 34248227598     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485307004828     Document Type: Article

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